Great score Jason J!!!
If that light could talk it would say "thank you whoever did not store those awful leakers in me 102 years ago."
Most lights like that one are long gone because even the slightest leak would wipe out the body of those type. Lots of vulcanite and metal ones of the day survived but yours is a 9.9 rarity on a 1-10 scale, ten being the rarest. I say lots but it's likely only a few hundred remain... yours can be measured in 'dozens' remaining.
Me, personally I'd be hard pressed not to de-oxidize that switch but good on you for leaving it as is.
My rare light collection is fairly small but I'm proud. I like the rich history behind them.
Just added the Soldier Boys to the World War issue collection.
Left are the Eveready/Daylo soldier boys in officer and enlisted man flavor.
An early version of the TL 122A may have seen action in WW1, but was in full production by WW2.
A TL 122B was it's replacement. Not easy to find but many survived.
The plastic in the TL122 C put out an awful odor when removing the tailcap so most were simply thrown away after the war.
The Burgess Range Finder and a Delta map reader.
The 2D cell Range Finder was popular in 2 cell configuration but the 3 cell variety are pretty scarce.
Delta made lanterns. But at some point gained a contract with the US Navy to supply map readers to bombadiers in WW2 and Korea.
One of PK's early post SureFire designs..
The FoxFury PK-1. Back then people said "that's ridiculous... wth!" Now collectors say "dawg gonnit I wish I'd bought one."
Some early Streamlight units.
Streamlight was over 10 years old when these were made but were still small.
The top one, a 2 double A twist head is pretty scarce. I call it 'the corn cob light' when it's in its 90° configuration... mainly because I have not been able to find out what Streamlight called it.
The 2 triple A pocketmate was enough Mag-like to raise the ire of Tony Maglica.
So was the 1 triple A keymate. When Tony sued and won they were no longer produced and nearly shut down Streamlight all together.
Side bar: The US government contracted Streamlight to supply them Scorpions, which provided enough revenue to stay afloat. See, Streamlight had provided NASA 5 million candle power lights in 1973 so the government had a soft spot for them. Even though the Scorpion was pretty much a 6P clone in many ways the government bought a bunch of both.
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